Daegu (Taegu) City Travel Information
Although Daegu is Korea's 3rd largest city, much of it still retains a countryside feel.
The views of Palgong-san to the north and
Ap-san to the south are hidden by smog less often than the mountains encircling Seoul.
The area is a major textile center for Korea, producing vast amounts of cloth and clothing. It
also serves as a major hub for metal and machine industries, with several manufacturing plants
from the nation's largest conglomerates. Agriculturally, the area has much farmland and is
especially known for its apples (resulting from grafting American apple tress to local crab
apple trees by Presbyterian missionaries in the early 20th century).
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Lodging
Daegu (Taegu) City has 6 lodging
facilities
listed with Life in Korea.
See the full list
for this area.
Transportation
Bus: The Hanjin Express Bus Terminal and Hanil-Ch'eonil Express Bus Terminal
are located across the street from each other, near Tongdaegu Train Station (Shinch'eon-dong,
Dong-gu), and the Seo (West) Express Bus Terminal (Nowon-dong, Puk-gu) is located in the
northwestern area of Daegu. All have express buses to most major cities in Korea. For less popular
destinations, you will need to use one of the 4 inter-city bus terminals: Dongbu (east-
Shinch'eon-dong, Dong-gu), Seobu (west- DaeMyeong-dong, Nam-gu), Nambu
(south- MIncheon-dong, Suseong-gu), and Pukbu (north- Pisan-dong, Seo-gu).
Plane: Daegu Airport is 2 km outside of Daegu to the northeast and has
several flights to and from Seoul and Jeju Island daily. It also has a few flights to
and from Sokch'o, via Seoul.
Subway: Line 1 runs from the
southwest, through downtown Daegu, stopping at both train stations, then continues on to the
suburbs to the east.
Train: Daegu
Station on the Kyeongbu
Line (Seoul to Busan) is centrally located near the downtown area. All trains, except for
the Saemaul Express trains stop here. One stop away is
Dong (East) Daegu
Station, where Saemaul Express (and all other trains) stop. This station is
the terminus for the Daegu
Line which runs between Daegu and Kyongju and also connects to the
Jungang Line which
goes north from Yeongch'eon.
Food and Drink:
The local specialty food for the Daegu region is makch'ang, cow intestines cooked
over an open fire like kalbi
and pulgogi. Despite the description,
it is very tasty and extremely popular locally.
Destinations:
(Also see
North Gyeongsang Province
for other nearby destinations.)
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